1 00:00:01,068 --> 00:00:03,269 Viewers like you make this program possible. 2 00:00:03,270 --> 00:00:05,339 Support your local PBS station. 3 00:01:16,544 --> 00:01:17,912 Well, this’ll do. 4 00:01:18,345 --> 00:01:19,680 Professor T: Hotel and spa? 5 00:01:19,914 --> 00:01:21,514 Yeah, that’s what you agreed to. 6 00:01:21,515 --> 00:01:24,485 I did not come equipped for anything, uh, spa related. 7 00:01:24,718 --> 00:01:26,320 Oh, you don’t need anything. 8 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:30,623 You can use the sauna au naturelle. 9 00:01:32,426 --> 00:01:33,661 Hello. 10 00:01:34,328 --> 00:01:35,329 Thank you. 11 00:01:43,103 --> 00:01:44,138 Right... 12 00:01:47,608 --> 00:01:49,342 they’ve booked us into a double. 13 00:01:49,343 --> 00:01:50,610 - A double? - Mm. 14 00:01:50,611 --> 00:01:52,279 That is one room for two people. 15 00:01:53,013 --> 00:01:54,748 That’s the one, yes. 16 00:01:54,982 --> 00:01:56,916 She’s trying to contact the owner. 17 00:01:56,917 --> 00:02:00,154 Apparently, there’s been some incident in the dining room. 18 00:02:02,690 --> 00:02:04,457 - Where is he? - Dining room. 19 00:02:04,458 --> 00:02:05,793 Oh, excuse me? 20 00:02:06,494 --> 00:02:07,895 Uh, excuse me? 21 00:02:08,696 --> 00:02:10,630 Mm... 22 00:02:10,631 --> 00:02:13,166 Quite, uh, frenetic activity. 23 00:02:13,167 --> 00:02:14,234 Mm. 24 00:02:14,235 --> 00:02:16,302 - So... - Uh... 25 00:02:16,303 --> 00:02:19,506 I took the liberty, uh, given the purpose of our visit, 26 00:02:19,507 --> 00:02:22,042 of compiling a compatibility checklist. 27 00:02:23,277 --> 00:02:26,980 Oh. I’m not sure that’s how relationships work. 28 00:02:26,981 --> 00:02:28,248 Well, with this exchange alone, 29 00:02:28,249 --> 00:02:30,583 we’ve ticked a number of boxes, I mean, 30 00:02:30,584 --> 00:02:32,919 honesty, effective communication, 31 00:02:32,920 --> 00:02:34,587 positive interaction 32 00:02:34,588 --> 00:02:36,956 and, um, acceptance. 33 00:02:36,957 --> 00:02:38,659 It’s all downhill from here. 34 00:02:38,959 --> 00:02:42,162 I hazard that remark is not entirely serious. 35 00:02:42,630 --> 00:02:43,964 Good hazard. 36 00:02:44,164 --> 00:02:45,865 Another box ticked... 37 00:02:45,866 --> 00:02:47,635 shared sense of humor. 38 00:02:48,435 --> 00:02:50,403 Ladies and gentlemen, 39 00:02:50,404 --> 00:02:53,240 uh, if I could have your attention for a moment... 40 00:02:54,375 --> 00:02:56,410 - That does not look good. - No. 41 00:03:00,481 --> 00:03:02,048 Some old chap in the dining room. 42 00:03:02,049 --> 00:03:04,284 - Keeled over. - Full face plant. 43 00:03:04,285 --> 00:03:05,585 Looked like a heart attack. 44 00:03:05,586 --> 00:03:09,390 Sorry, so rude. Simon and Paula Mulderson. 45 00:03:09,757 --> 00:03:10,957 Lovely to meet you. 46 00:03:10,958 --> 00:03:12,693 And you... 47 00:03:14,828 --> 00:03:16,663 What was lovely about that? 48 00:03:18,232 --> 00:03:21,200 Shall we, since they’ve messed up the booking, 49 00:03:21,201 --> 00:03:23,069 shall we try to find somewhere else? 50 00:03:23,070 --> 00:03:26,205 No need, a room may have become available. 51 00:04:32,873 --> 00:04:36,275 Welcome to the Bridge Street Hotel and Spa. 52 00:04:36,276 --> 00:04:37,043 Good grief. 53 00:04:37,044 --> 00:04:38,712 Thank you for choosing us. 54 00:04:39,046 --> 00:04:40,847 We will do everything to ensure 55 00:04:40,848 --> 00:04:43,150 that you have an unforgettable stay. 56 00:04:43,384 --> 00:04:47,286 While you’re here, why not try our heat and ice experience? 57 00:04:47,287 --> 00:04:49,656 - No thank you. - Inspired by the pharaohs 58 00:04:49,657 --> 00:04:51,090 of ancient Egypt, 59 00:04:51,091 --> 00:04:54,160 this unique treatment will draw out impurities, 60 00:04:54,161 --> 00:04:57,230 allowing you to pass through the zone of danger, 61 00:04:57,231 --> 00:05:00,500 beyond which stand the gates of happiness. 62 00:05:00,501 --> 00:05:02,502 - Zelda? - None other. 63 00:05:02,503 --> 00:05:04,437 Wilfred, I’m afraid, is asleep. 64 00:05:04,438 --> 00:05:05,872 I have exhausted him. 65 00:05:05,873 --> 00:05:07,641 Oh, Aunt, please. 66 00:05:07,841 --> 00:05:10,143 You realize you will have to relinquish control 67 00:05:10,144 --> 00:05:11,144 to open the gates. 68 00:05:11,145 --> 00:05:13,513 Sounds like errant self-help nonsense. 69 00:05:13,514 --> 00:05:15,515 Jasper, I’ve been happily married four times, 70 00:05:15,516 --> 00:05:17,051 you would do well to pay heed. 71 00:05:17,284 --> 00:05:19,018 Of course, it sounds like nonsense, 72 00:05:19,019 --> 00:05:21,354 it describes a contradiction, 73 00:05:21,355 --> 00:05:22,822 your over-developed ego 74 00:05:22,823 --> 00:05:24,157 is pushing you to find love, 75 00:05:24,158 --> 00:05:26,526 while doing everything it can to prevent you 76 00:05:26,527 --> 00:05:27,895 ever attaining it. 77 00:05:28,228 --> 00:05:31,931 That’s the impurity you have to overcome. 78 00:05:40,941 --> 00:05:42,242 Open up. 79 00:05:42,743 --> 00:05:44,745 Look to the sky. 80 00:05:45,112 --> 00:05:48,382 Listen to this, Korean snail facial, 81 00:05:48,649 --> 00:05:50,883 live snails are placed on the face 82 00:05:50,884 --> 00:05:54,887 to exfoliate and lubricate the skin. 83 00:05:54,888 --> 00:05:56,355 Are you gonna try one of those, Jasper? 84 00:05:56,356 --> 00:05:57,557 I may pass. 85 00:05:59,259 --> 00:06:00,794 Why not try a sauna? 86 00:06:01,195 --> 00:06:03,964 Inhale the steam, exhale your stress, 87 00:06:04,231 --> 00:06:07,201 release your happiness hormones. 88 00:06:07,634 --> 00:06:09,635 Goodness, who needs therapy 89 00:06:09,636 --> 00:06:11,939 when a room full of steam can do all that? 90 00:06:18,479 --> 00:06:20,480 The man who expired... 91 00:06:20,481 --> 00:06:21,647 Clive Bairstow. 92 00:06:21,648 --> 00:06:22,815 His widow, poor thing, 93 00:06:22,816 --> 00:06:23,850 needed someone to talk to. 94 00:06:23,851 --> 00:06:25,084 A shoulder to cry on. 95 00:06:25,085 --> 00:06:26,987 Mm, message from my mother. 96 00:06:27,988 --> 00:06:31,958 Currently ensconced in what she insists on referring to as, 97 00:06:31,959 --> 00:06:34,795 ‘The Big Apple’. - Yep. Sorry. 98 00:06:35,729 --> 00:06:36,963 Well, Mrs. Bairstow... 99 00:06:36,964 --> 00:06:38,831 She’s gone to stay with her daughter... 100 00:06:38,832 --> 00:06:40,500 Here we are, the point of the missive, 101 00:06:40,501 --> 00:06:44,904 in two days she returns to ‘Dear Old Blighty’. 102 00:06:44,905 --> 00:06:47,740 Look, se only does it to annoy because she knows it teases. 103 00:06:49,743 --> 00:06:54,248 Anyway, it was her husband’s fourth stroke. 104 00:06:55,048 --> 00:06:55,983 Marvelous. 105 00:06:56,216 --> 00:06:59,019 Nothing like a sudden death to brighten the day. 106 00:07:11,365 --> 00:07:12,733 Go on, Dad. 107 00:07:15,068 --> 00:07:16,236 That’s not bad. 108 00:07:24,378 --> 00:07:25,379 No. 109 00:07:26,647 --> 00:07:28,081 Don’t do that. 110 00:07:30,350 --> 00:07:31,718 You gonna throw that? 111 00:07:53,807 --> 00:07:55,075 You look... 112 00:08:23,770 --> 00:08:25,105 You’re very kind. 113 00:08:26,607 --> 00:08:27,741 Shall we? 114 00:08:29,977 --> 00:08:31,612 - Thank you. - You’re welcome. 115 00:08:38,352 --> 00:08:40,821 I’m sorry, again, um... 116 00:08:41,021 --> 00:08:43,222 we’ve had to close part of the dining room. 117 00:08:43,223 --> 00:08:45,926 Would you mind if another couple shared your table? 118 00:08:47,527 --> 00:08:50,496 Um, no, no, of course not. 119 00:08:50,497 --> 00:08:52,266 So long as it’s not the Muldersons. 120 00:09:01,508 --> 00:09:02,608 Didn’t you see them? 121 00:09:02,609 --> 00:09:04,311 No, no I did not. 122 00:09:05,479 --> 00:09:06,914 Permission to board? 123 00:09:07,381 --> 00:09:09,683 Oh, yes, permission granted. 124 00:09:12,319 --> 00:09:13,921 I’m, uh, Helena. 125 00:09:14,821 --> 00:09:16,322 and this is... - Jasper. 126 00:09:16,323 --> 00:09:18,157 - Yeah. - Kit and Naomi. 127 00:09:18,158 --> 00:09:20,192 I think we saw you last night, didn’t we? 128 00:09:20,193 --> 00:09:23,429 Yes, um, too late to do anything I’m afraid. 129 00:09:23,430 --> 00:09:24,797 - Yes. - You arrived 130 00:09:24,798 --> 00:09:26,433 before the paramedics. 131 00:09:26,900 --> 00:09:29,769 Yes, um, my, my surgery’s practically next door. 132 00:09:29,770 --> 00:09:33,106 Oh, so that’s why he called you. 133 00:09:33,340 --> 00:09:34,907 Ah... 134 00:09:34,908 --> 00:09:37,009 My darling husband is implying 135 00:09:37,010 --> 00:09:39,179 that there was an ulterior motive. 136 00:09:41,081 --> 00:09:43,150 Oh, go on, you’re dying to tell them. 137 00:09:43,417 --> 00:09:45,886 Right, Finlay Crawford... 138 00:09:47,154 --> 00:09:48,622 - The owner. - And... 139 00:09:48,889 --> 00:09:50,489 Naomi’s ex-husband. 140 00:09:50,490 --> 00:09:52,658 We’ve been apart for five years. 141 00:09:52,659 --> 00:09:54,226 And he’s still in love with you. 142 00:09:54,227 --> 00:09:55,295 He’s not. 143 00:09:56,096 --> 00:09:57,030 He is. 144 00:09:57,631 --> 00:09:59,032 So, um... 145 00:09:59,566 --> 00:10:01,233 how long have you two been married? 146 00:10:01,234 --> 00:10:04,236 Oh, no, uh, no, we're... we’re not. 147 00:10:04,237 --> 00:10:05,438 - Oh. - Oh... 148 00:10:05,439 --> 00:10:07,808 We are test driving 149 00:10:08,508 --> 00:10:10,110 a, uh... 150 00:10:10,544 --> 00:10:11,912 potential relationship. 151 00:10:12,379 --> 00:10:13,379 Oh. 152 00:10:19,886 --> 00:10:21,588 - It’s all your fault. - Oh... 153 00:10:21,989 --> 00:10:24,758 - Don’t pull that face. - Every single time, don’t... 154 00:10:35,068 --> 00:10:36,236 Stop. 155 00:10:37,571 --> 00:10:39,472 Shut up, you’re embarrassing yourself. 156 00:10:39,473 --> 00:10:41,141 - You’re embarrassing me. - You’re embarrassing. 157 00:10:41,742 --> 00:10:43,076 Are you okay? 158 00:10:43,577 --> 00:10:45,444 - Not really. - You’re hurting her. 159 00:10:45,445 --> 00:10:47,446 Yeah, it’s got nothing to do with you, mate. 160 00:10:47,447 --> 00:10:49,216 And yet here I am. 161 00:10:49,583 --> 00:10:50,483 It’s got nothing to do with you. 162 00:10:50,484 --> 00:10:51,785 Yeah, you said that. 163 00:10:56,923 --> 00:10:58,392 Sit down, finish your drink. 164 00:11:05,532 --> 00:11:07,667 So, what do you do for a living? 165 00:11:09,469 --> 00:11:10,404 Um... 166 00:11:11,271 --> 00:11:12,873 finance. - Oh. 167 00:11:14,207 --> 00:11:15,342 Hmm. 168 00:11:15,742 --> 00:11:18,111 And how the devil is the world of finance? 169 00:11:20,914 --> 00:11:23,717 We’re also test-driving casual conversation. 170 00:11:24,117 --> 00:11:26,419 Yeah, I’ve had better times. 171 00:11:26,420 --> 00:11:29,622 Surprise. 172 00:11:33,393 --> 00:11:35,094 - Blow out the candles. - Okay. 173 00:11:35,095 --> 00:11:36,529 Make a wish. 174 00:11:44,104 --> 00:11:46,373 They’re trick candles! 175 00:11:49,109 --> 00:11:50,009 Trick candles. 176 00:11:50,010 --> 00:11:51,944 Mm, I thought she was a witch. 177 00:11:51,945 --> 00:11:54,147 Dear God. 178 00:11:54,614 --> 00:11:57,017 Oh! Go on, cut the cake. 179 00:11:57,250 --> 00:11:58,884 I want to see you cutting the cake. 180 00:11:58,885 --> 00:11:59,919 Here we go, ah... 181 00:11:59,920 --> 00:12:02,022 How much more of this must we endure? 182 00:12:02,989 --> 00:12:04,925 Oh, my God. 183 00:12:08,829 --> 00:12:10,362 Oh, it’s your favorite. 184 00:12:10,363 --> 00:12:11,498 Kit? 185 00:12:11,798 --> 00:12:13,133 - Kit? - Are you alright? 186 00:12:14,534 --> 00:12:17,736 Kit? Kit?! Kit? Kit! Uh, can you get the spray 187 00:12:17,737 --> 00:12:19,672 from his jacket pocket? Kit? Kit, Kit, stay with me. 188 00:12:19,673 --> 00:12:21,006 There’s a spray in the jacket pocket. 189 00:12:21,007 --> 00:12:23,242 Kit, stay with me, stay with me. Yes. Thank you. 190 00:12:23,243 --> 00:12:24,243 Kit, stay with me. 191 00:12:24,244 --> 00:12:26,045 Keep your eyes open, keep your eyes open. 192 00:12:26,046 --> 00:12:27,813 Kit? - Get an ambulance, hurry. 193 00:12:27,814 --> 00:12:32,118 Oh, oh, Kit. Kit, Kit, stay with me, please don’t leave. 194 00:12:36,389 --> 00:12:39,291 Tell your waiter to secure all the food on this table. 195 00:12:39,292 --> 00:12:40,626 What? , Kit. 196 00:12:40,627 --> 00:12:42,595 It may be required as evidence. 197 00:12:42,596 --> 00:12:46,699 Open your eyes! Open your eyes! 198 00:12:54,174 --> 00:12:55,375 Mr Crawford? 199 00:12:57,177 --> 00:12:59,746 Any news on Dr. Ascherson’s husband? 200 00:13:00,180 --> 00:13:01,681 He didn’t make it. 201 00:13:02,048 --> 00:13:04,151 Uh, allergic reaction, or...? 202 00:13:04,751 --> 00:13:07,653 All our guests are asked about allergies, as you know. 203 00:13:07,654 --> 00:13:08,889 Mistake? 204 00:13:09,656 --> 00:13:11,290 If you don’t have a food allergen certificate, 205 00:13:11,291 --> 00:13:12,459 you don’t work here. 206 00:13:17,497 --> 00:13:19,431 Bridge Street Hotel and Spa, 207 00:13:19,432 --> 00:13:21,033 it’s 500 quid a night 208 00:13:21,034 --> 00:13:22,434 and they’ve had two sudden deaths 209 00:13:22,435 --> 00:13:24,036 in the space of 24 hours. 210 00:13:24,037 --> 00:13:25,371 Oh, you lose a star for that. 211 00:13:25,372 --> 00:13:27,273 Yeah, well, the deaths aren’t being treated 212 00:13:27,274 --> 00:13:29,508 as suspicious. - So...? 213 00:13:29,509 --> 00:13:31,076 So, the hotel’s still open, 214 00:13:31,077 --> 00:13:33,979 and I have volunteered you both to go. 215 00:13:33,980 --> 00:13:34,814 Because? 216 00:13:35,015 --> 00:13:36,582 Professor Tempest is staying there. 217 00:13:36,583 --> 00:13:37,783 Hmm... 218 00:13:37,784 --> 00:13:39,051 And I don’t want him, out of boredom, 219 00:13:39,052 --> 00:13:41,754 or curiosity or whatever it is that goes on in there, 220 00:13:41,755 --> 00:13:43,455 to interfere with procedure. 221 00:13:43,456 --> 00:13:46,325 and you know how to handle him, you do. 222 00:13:46,326 --> 00:13:49,629 So, get in, get it signed off and get out. 223 00:13:50,797 --> 00:13:52,299 Ah, I didn’t realize you were up. 224 00:13:52,732 --> 00:13:54,567 - Mm. - And fully dressed. 225 00:13:58,205 --> 00:14:01,740 I am seriously considering... a mud bath. 226 00:14:04,744 --> 00:14:07,713 I just heard that Kit actually died last night. 227 00:14:07,714 --> 00:14:09,115 So tragic. 228 00:14:14,654 --> 00:14:17,691 I can practically hear the wheels turning. 229 00:14:18,124 --> 00:14:20,659 Jasper, an old man died of a stroke, 230 00:14:20,660 --> 00:14:23,263 Kit probably died of a heart attack. 231 00:14:23,730 --> 00:14:26,365 Nitro-glycerin spray in his jacket pocket, 232 00:14:26,366 --> 00:14:27,667 he had a heart condition. 233 00:14:28,101 --> 00:14:30,604 I don’t think there’s a mystery, 234 00:14:31,338 --> 00:14:33,340 except for us... 235 00:14:34,674 --> 00:14:36,108 we’re the mystery. 236 00:14:36,109 --> 00:14:36,842 Mm. 237 00:14:38,712 --> 00:14:41,648 I believe that after an unpromising start, 238 00:14:42,182 --> 00:14:46,019 this... was a positive interaction. 239 00:14:47,988 --> 00:14:52,192 Accompanied by sincerity and empathy. 240 00:14:56,029 --> 00:14:59,666 His wife tried CPR, she’s a doctor. 241 00:14:59,866 --> 00:15:01,468 And who was closest to them? 242 00:15:01,835 --> 00:15:04,104 Professor Tempest and Dr. Goldberg. 243 00:15:05,205 --> 00:15:06,039 How close? 244 00:15:06,239 --> 00:15:08,775 Well, they were sharing the same table. 245 00:15:10,610 --> 00:15:12,879 Okay, thanks, that’s... that’s all for now. 246 00:15:16,683 --> 00:15:17,650 We’re gonna have to take a statement 247 00:15:17,651 --> 00:15:19,052 from Professor Tempest, 248 00:15:19,252 --> 00:15:22,589 just, um, stick to the facts, right, keep it simple. 249 00:15:23,657 --> 00:15:25,091 I’ve got a gig tonight... 250 00:15:26,393 --> 00:15:27,661 in Weymouth... 251 00:15:29,062 --> 00:15:31,830 with my dad’s brass band. 252 00:15:31,831 --> 00:15:35,034 ...well, I'm going to change. 253 00:15:35,035 --> 00:15:36,235 Mm! 254 00:15:37,671 --> 00:15:39,139 Do you think that’s why he’s here? 255 00:15:39,406 --> 00:15:42,074 Do you think they’re having like a naughty weekend? 256 00:15:42,075 --> 00:15:44,911 Don’t say that. Professor! 257 00:15:47,947 --> 00:15:50,984 Just need the facts, we’re not treating this as suspicious. 258 00:15:51,618 --> 00:15:53,886 Please do not ask me to accept two deaths 259 00:15:53,887 --> 00:15:55,421 on two consecutive nights 260 00:15:55,422 --> 00:15:57,690 in the same location as coincidence. 261 00:15:57,691 --> 00:16:00,926 Well, I mean, coincidences happen all the time. 262 00:16:00,927 --> 00:16:03,696 Let us tarry a while 263 00:16:03,697 --> 00:16:07,300 in the slowly dwindling world of facts. 264 00:16:07,567 --> 00:16:08,901 Before she was married to Kit Howard, 265 00:16:08,902 --> 00:16:10,502 Dr. Naomi Ascherson 266 00:16:10,503 --> 00:16:13,372 was betrothed to the owner of this very establishment, 267 00:16:13,373 --> 00:16:14,707 Finley Crawford. 268 00:16:14,708 --> 00:16:18,510 Another fact, noticing Mr. Kit Howard’s discomfort, 269 00:16:18,511 --> 00:16:19,745 when asked about his metier, 270 00:16:19,746 --> 00:16:21,347 I took the opportunity of perusing 271 00:16:21,348 --> 00:16:22,816 the Companies House website. 272 00:16:23,016 --> 00:16:27,120 His finance business went into administration three months ago. 273 00:16:28,288 --> 00:16:30,190 Okay. Thanks. 274 00:16:34,894 --> 00:16:37,029 - Winters. - I've got the prelims 275 00:16:37,030 --> 00:16:38,030 from the lab. 276 00:16:38,031 --> 00:16:40,232 The first death... - Clive Bairstow. 277 00:16:40,233 --> 00:16:44,204 Yeah. Massive stroke, instant death, as expected. 278 00:16:44,404 --> 00:16:49,875 But Kit Howard’s biomarkers are indicating cyanide poisoning. 279 00:16:49,876 --> 00:16:52,044 I’m gonna run some more tests, but as a priority, 280 00:16:52,045 --> 00:16:53,545 would you let his wife know? 281 00:16:53,546 --> 00:16:55,215 - Yes, Ma’am. - Thanks. 282 00:16:57,484 --> 00:16:59,085 Better tell my dad. 283 00:16:59,853 --> 00:17:01,721 Weymouth won’t know what it’s missing. 284 00:17:09,262 --> 00:17:10,263 Cyanide? 285 00:17:16,469 --> 00:17:18,571 I...I assumed it was his heart. 286 00:17:21,107 --> 00:17:23,777 He was convulsing, his eyes were bloodshot, 287 00:17:24,477 --> 00:17:26,912 why didn’t I see it? - It was fast acting, 288 00:17:26,913 --> 00:17:28,113 there was nothing you could’ve done. 289 00:17:28,114 --> 00:17:29,314 I’m a doctor, for God’s sake, 290 00:17:29,315 --> 00:17:30,582 if I got saltwater into him, 291 00:17:30,583 --> 00:17:32,118 he might still be alive. 292 00:17:35,321 --> 00:17:37,389 Can you think of anyone who, um, 293 00:17:37,390 --> 00:17:38,925 who might wanna do him harm? 294 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:41,995 No. 295 00:17:43,163 --> 00:17:45,931 We know he was having financial difficulties. 296 00:17:45,932 --> 00:17:49,168 Well, hi... his business was in the hands of the receivers, 297 00:17:49,169 --> 00:17:51,304 but all the creditors were gonna get paid. 298 00:17:54,841 --> 00:17:57,277 You used to be married to Finlay Crawford? 299 00:17:58,912 --> 00:17:59,679 Really? 300 00:18:00,046 --> 00:18:01,313 Is this where you’re going? 301 00:18:01,314 --> 00:18:03,982 Whose idea was the separation? 302 00:18:03,983 --> 00:18:06,919 Ah, I don’t know, it was mutual. 303 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:08,854 Wasn’t that a bit odd that you... 304 00:18:08,855 --> 00:18:10,623 Dining there? No. 305 00:18:11,491 --> 00:18:14,726 Finlay had invited us, I... I’d helped with a situation. 306 00:18:14,727 --> 00:18:17,229 - Stroke victim. - Yes, uh... 307 00:18:17,230 --> 00:18:18,730 there was nothing I could do. 308 00:18:26,139 --> 00:18:28,974 Our forensics officers need to take a look in your kitchen, 309 00:18:28,975 --> 00:18:31,610 remove food stuffs, drinks, glassware, crockery, 310 00:18:31,611 --> 00:18:33,645 that sort of thing. 311 00:18:33,646 --> 00:18:36,349 Um, Kit Howard was poisoned. 312 00:18:37,717 --> 00:18:39,385 Seriously? Poisoned? 313 00:18:39,853 --> 00:18:41,588 Do we have your permission? 314 00:18:42,388 --> 00:18:43,723 Of course. 315 00:18:45,825 --> 00:18:48,494 We, uh, we kept the food from the table 316 00:18:48,495 --> 00:18:50,262 where, um, I... 317 00:18:50,263 --> 00:18:51,864 I told the waiter it could be evidence. 318 00:18:51,865 --> 00:18:54,066 Right, and he, um, he sealed it? 319 00:18:54,067 --> 00:18:55,401 Air lock Tupperware. 320 00:18:56,236 --> 00:18:59,605 Could I just ask, wasn’t it awkward, 321 00:18:59,606 --> 00:19:01,841 Naomi and her new husband dining here? 322 00:19:02,609 --> 00:19:04,077 Of course it was awkward. 323 00:19:05,645 --> 00:19:08,981 N...Naomi left me at my lowest point. 324 00:19:08,982 --> 00:19:10,582 I thought I was losing the business, 325 00:19:10,583 --> 00:19:13,519 I’d spent 15 years building this place up 326 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:14,753 and then, in the middle of that, 327 00:19:14,754 --> 00:19:16,822 she announced that she’d found someone else. 328 00:19:16,823 --> 00:19:17,856 Do you have children? 329 00:19:17,857 --> 00:19:20,058 No... thank goodness. 330 00:19:20,059 --> 00:19:23,162 She got Charlie, that was bad enough. 331 00:19:23,963 --> 00:19:24,831 Charlie? 332 00:19:25,932 --> 00:19:26,900 Our dog. 333 00:19:27,300 --> 00:19:28,768 Got hit by a car. 334 00:19:30,270 --> 00:19:31,371 Sorry. 335 00:19:39,078 --> 00:19:40,547 I told the waiter, 336 00:19:40,947 --> 00:19:43,849 everything on that table, label it to be kept, 337 00:19:43,850 --> 00:19:45,284 put it on the top shelf. 338 00:19:45,285 --> 00:19:46,418 You saw him do that? 339 00:19:46,419 --> 00:19:47,886 If I tell someone to do something, 340 00:19:47,887 --> 00:19:49,288 I expect it to be done. 341 00:19:49,289 --> 00:19:50,389 Okay, but did you actually... 342 00:19:50,390 --> 00:19:52,825 The boss came in, no more covers, 343 00:19:53,426 --> 00:19:55,194 no need for me to stick around. 344 00:19:55,929 --> 00:19:58,765 Probably someone on the breakfast shift chucked it out. 345 00:19:59,399 --> 00:20:00,867 Where are your bins? 346 00:20:01,301 --> 00:20:02,702 Emptied this morning. 347 00:20:12,111 --> 00:20:14,012 - DS Winters. - Yes. 348 00:20:14,013 --> 00:20:16,014 You have an added briskness to your pace. 349 00:20:16,015 --> 00:20:17,884 Now why might that be, I wonder? 350 00:20:18,384 --> 00:20:21,621 Mm, Kit Howard’s death was the result of cyanide poisoning. 351 00:20:22,388 --> 00:20:25,023 I should like you to furnish me with your evidence. 352 00:20:25,024 --> 00:20:28,393 Also, the postmortem reports on both deaths. 353 00:20:28,394 --> 00:20:29,728 The first was a stroke. 354 00:20:29,729 --> 00:20:31,064 Triggered by what? 355 00:20:33,766 --> 00:20:35,602 Professor, you’re, um... 356 00:20:36,669 --> 00:20:38,170 you’re here with Dr. Goldberg. 357 00:20:38,171 --> 00:20:39,205 Correct. 358 00:20:39,472 --> 00:20:40,740 As a couple? 359 00:20:41,341 --> 00:20:42,642 Putative couple. 360 00:20:44,277 --> 00:20:46,378 I don’t know what that means exactly. 361 00:20:46,379 --> 00:20:48,982 But, um, what I do know... 362 00:20:50,650 --> 00:20:53,385 don’t prioritize work over time with... 363 00:20:55,054 --> 00:20:56,990 somebody who’s important to you. 364 00:21:09,535 --> 00:21:11,536 Uh, come. 365 00:21:12,639 --> 00:21:13,706 Lunch? 366 00:21:14,073 --> 00:21:16,575 Mm, I have received the autopsy reports 367 00:21:16,576 --> 00:21:19,912 on Kit Howard and Clive Bairstow’s deaths. 368 00:21:21,748 --> 00:21:23,716 Oh. 369 00:21:24,717 --> 00:21:26,586 Okay. 370 00:21:27,420 --> 00:21:28,488 And? 371 00:21:28,855 --> 00:21:30,657 Oh, well, I mean I... 372 00:21:31,257 --> 00:21:35,261 Yes, well, I...I...I... I will delete them and, um, 373 00:21:35,928 --> 00:21:38,497 yes, cast the incident from my mind 374 00:21:38,498 --> 00:21:40,800 while we enjoy our break. 375 00:21:42,301 --> 00:21:45,737 Even though you think there’s a possibility 376 00:21:45,738 --> 00:21:48,306 that someone was murdered right in front of you? 377 00:21:48,307 --> 00:21:49,342 Yes. 378 00:21:51,244 --> 00:21:53,012 - Jasper? - Mm? 379 00:21:54,347 --> 00:21:55,882 We’re test driving this thing... 380 00:21:56,716 --> 00:21:58,051 whatever it is. 381 00:21:59,719 --> 00:22:02,655 And I knew there’d be some rough terrain. 382 00:22:04,590 --> 00:22:07,459 So read the reports, but promise me one thing. 383 00:22:07,460 --> 00:22:08,661 Alright? 384 00:22:10,263 --> 00:22:13,365 Cyanide is found in various fruits and vegetables. 385 00:22:13,366 --> 00:22:16,402 - Yes. - So, if the police believe 386 00:22:16,936 --> 00:22:18,603 that it was an accidental death, 387 00:22:18,604 --> 00:22:20,306 you’ll accept that 388 00:22:20,506 --> 00:22:22,141 and we can get on with our break. 389 00:22:23,109 --> 00:22:24,242 Of course. 390 00:22:26,879 --> 00:22:28,581 I’m trusting you. 391 00:22:42,595 --> 00:22:46,966 PA system: Attention, the store will be closing... 392 00:22:47,567 --> 00:22:48,567 Hi. 393 00:22:52,105 --> 00:22:53,172 Hi. 394 00:22:54,540 --> 00:22:55,975 All that just for you? 395 00:22:56,476 --> 00:22:57,410 Um... 396 00:22:58,144 --> 00:23:00,613 I was supposed to be in Weymouth tonight. 397 00:23:01,314 --> 00:23:02,814 Yeah? 398 00:23:02,815 --> 00:23:04,382 I play in a band. 399 00:23:04,383 --> 00:23:05,251 Oh. 400 00:23:07,553 --> 00:23:09,055 A brass band. 401 00:23:11,891 --> 00:23:15,160 You’re in a brass band, you buy meat in tins, 402 00:23:15,161 --> 00:23:16,762 play darts with your dad, have you slipped 403 00:23:16,763 --> 00:23:18,897 through a portal from the 1970s? 404 00:23:18,898 --> 00:23:20,398 Yeah, well, don’t knock it. 405 00:23:20,399 --> 00:23:22,501 How many people do you know with a black and white TV? 406 00:23:22,502 --> 00:23:24,237 Oh, not many. 407 00:23:25,538 --> 00:23:27,472 Well, hey, if you can tear yourself away 408 00:23:27,473 --> 00:23:29,242 from your prehistoric telly, 409 00:23:30,343 --> 00:23:31,711 I’d like to buy you a drink, 410 00:23:32,245 --> 00:23:33,913 say thanks for last night. 411 00:23:36,482 --> 00:23:37,716 What about your boyfriend? 412 00:23:37,717 --> 00:23:39,752 No, he’s history. 413 00:23:41,954 --> 00:23:42,889 Um... 414 00:23:43,990 --> 00:23:45,892 It’s really nice of you but, um... 415 00:23:47,293 --> 00:23:48,795 I’m gonna have to say no. 416 00:23:49,462 --> 00:23:50,563 Sorry. 417 00:23:50,863 --> 00:23:52,565 No, it’s... it’s okay. 418 00:23:54,133 --> 00:23:55,134 Um... 419 00:24:00,072 --> 00:24:01,040 Gym? 420 00:24:02,074 --> 00:24:03,441 You trying to flog me a membership. 421 00:24:03,442 --> 00:24:06,244 Um, I own the gym. 422 00:24:07,313 --> 00:24:09,481 Um, that’s my business card 423 00:24:09,482 --> 00:24:12,084 and that’s... my number... 424 00:24:13,286 --> 00:24:14,720 if you change your mind. 425 00:24:24,130 --> 00:24:26,765 Okay, handbrake turn on the cyanide case, 426 00:24:26,766 --> 00:24:28,633 the full autopsy for Kit Howard 427 00:24:28,634 --> 00:24:29,835 came in overnight 428 00:24:29,836 --> 00:24:33,371 and slivers of semi-digested cassava 429 00:24:33,372 --> 00:24:35,207 were found in his stomach. 430 00:24:35,208 --> 00:24:36,808 Cassava, as you know, 431 00:24:36,809 --> 00:24:39,945 contains a naturally occurring form of cyanide. 432 00:24:39,946 --> 00:24:41,680 Soaked and cooked properly, it’s harmless. 433 00:24:41,681 --> 00:24:44,182 However, incorrectly prepared, it can be deadly. 434 00:24:44,183 --> 00:24:46,084 Yes, and there’s no prizes for guessing 435 00:24:46,085 --> 00:24:49,021 that the traces found in Kit Howard were uncooked. 436 00:24:49,288 --> 00:24:51,456 So, we’re thinking accidental death? 437 00:24:51,457 --> 00:24:53,325 Yeah, or a mistake in the kitchen, 438 00:24:53,326 --> 00:24:54,693 possible negligence. 439 00:24:54,694 --> 00:24:55,727 Food safety? 440 00:24:55,728 --> 00:24:56,928 I’ve called them in. 441 00:24:56,929 --> 00:24:58,663 I need you both to go back to the hotel, 442 00:24:58,664 --> 00:25:00,999 speak to the owner again, and the staff, 443 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,202 especially the kitchen staff. I’ve worked in kitchens. 444 00:25:04,203 --> 00:25:06,973 - Have you? - Yeah, full of surprises, me. 445 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:09,241 And I can guarantee you, there will be somebody there 446 00:25:09,242 --> 00:25:10,842 with a bit of gossip, a grudge, 447 00:25:10,843 --> 00:25:12,678 just something that will open this up. 448 00:25:14,981 --> 00:25:18,016 Pointing the finger at my staff, my business... 449 00:25:18,017 --> 00:25:19,819 Well, would you rather he’d been murdered? 450 00:25:21,587 --> 00:25:22,822 Honestly? 451 00:25:24,357 --> 00:25:25,758 Of course, not. 452 00:25:26,125 --> 00:25:29,028 Is cassava something that you regularly use? 453 00:25:29,862 --> 00:25:32,764 The chef used to crush it to make flour for tortillas 454 00:25:32,765 --> 00:25:34,633 but that was months ago. 455 00:25:34,634 --> 00:25:37,302 Was it possible some of the plant was kept by accident? 456 00:25:37,303 --> 00:25:40,273 Mistaken for some other vegetable, added to Kit’s salad? 457 00:25:44,510 --> 00:25:45,710 This is gonna finish me. 458 00:25:53,686 --> 00:25:55,955 I thought no more meals were being served? 459 00:25:56,155 --> 00:25:57,590 The staff need to eat. 460 00:25:58,357 --> 00:25:59,625 They trust you. 461 00:26:02,595 --> 00:26:05,264 When was the last time you used cassava? 462 00:26:09,335 --> 00:26:10,436 You, um... 463 00:26:10,903 --> 00:26:13,306 you know that’s what killed Kit Howard? 464 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:15,007 Boss said. 465 00:26:15,541 --> 00:26:18,577 Right, well, could it have got onto his plate by accident? 466 00:26:19,078 --> 00:26:21,246 You’re accusing me of gross negligence, 467 00:26:21,247 --> 00:26:22,981 you’d better have something to back it up. 468 00:26:22,982 --> 00:26:24,150 Julian? 469 00:26:24,650 --> 00:26:26,985 You told us two nights ago you left early, 470 00:26:26,986 --> 00:26:28,186 and I’ve just spoken to staff 471 00:26:28,187 --> 00:26:30,690 and they said you were the last one to leave. 472 00:26:31,757 --> 00:26:33,960 Well, that puts you in line with the evidence. 473 00:26:35,861 --> 00:26:37,662 Listen, Julian mate, I think you’d better come with us. 474 00:26:37,663 --> 00:26:39,030 Do not come near me. 475 00:26:39,031 --> 00:26:40,599 Put the knife down. 476 00:26:41,267 --> 00:26:42,934 Whatever’s in your pocket, mate, leave it. 477 00:26:42,935 --> 00:26:44,502 You’re not taking me in. 478 00:26:44,503 --> 00:26:45,705 Argh! 479 00:26:46,973 --> 00:26:49,074 Julian Morten, you’re under arrest 480 00:26:49,075 --> 00:26:51,042 in connection with the unlawful killing of Kit Howard. 481 00:26:51,043 --> 00:26:53,511 You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defense 482 00:26:53,512 --> 00:26:55,213 if you fail to mention, when questioned, 483 00:26:55,214 --> 00:26:57,583 something which you later rely on in court. 484 00:26:58,651 --> 00:27:00,953 I suffer from claustrophobia, 485 00:27:01,153 --> 00:27:04,622 in the event of an attack... what does that say? 486 00:27:04,623 --> 00:27:06,558 - Call this number. - Call this number, 487 00:27:06,559 --> 00:27:08,760 not spray me in the eyes with CS gas. 488 00:27:08,761 --> 00:27:10,962 He was holding a knife. 489 00:27:10,963 --> 00:27:12,765 He was chopping vegetables. 490 00:27:14,934 --> 00:27:16,534 Okay. 491 00:27:16,535 --> 00:27:17,869 Under pressure, who knows, 492 00:27:17,870 --> 00:27:20,038 maybe I would’ve done the same. 493 00:27:20,039 --> 00:27:23,075 But in your report I wanna know what you’ve learned from this. 494 00:27:23,576 --> 00:27:25,745 - Alright. Thanks, Ma’am. - Thanks, Ma’am. 495 00:27:27,747 --> 00:27:30,883 I’m afraid, uh, our kitchen is gonna be closed today. 496 00:27:31,183 --> 00:27:33,551 If you’d prefer to leave the hotel, 497 00:27:33,552 --> 00:27:35,221 we’re offering a full refund. 498 00:27:36,288 --> 00:27:38,157 Well, when will it reopen? 499 00:27:38,524 --> 00:27:40,393 To be honest I...I don’t know. 500 00:27:40,726 --> 00:27:43,195 Our chef’s been taken in for questioning. 501 00:27:43,696 --> 00:27:45,765 In connection with Kit Howard’s death? 502 00:27:46,198 --> 00:27:48,566 Police think it was probably accidental. 503 00:27:48,567 --> 00:27:51,569 But, um, they’re not ruling out negligence, 504 00:27:51,570 --> 00:27:54,873 so, the hotel can stay open for now, but... 505 00:27:54,874 --> 00:27:56,976 Sorry. - Oh, thank you. 506 00:27:59,545 --> 00:28:01,013 Accidental death. 507 00:28:01,714 --> 00:28:03,349 Possibly negligence. 508 00:28:04,850 --> 00:28:08,587 Two days of balmy sunshine is forecast for the Devon coast. 509 00:28:09,088 --> 00:28:11,590 Why have the police not informed me of this? 510 00:28:11,891 --> 00:28:14,060 Because it’s not a homicide. 511 00:28:15,261 --> 00:28:18,596 Jasper, we can just collect our refund and go. 512 00:28:23,369 --> 00:28:25,204 But this is where the answers are. 513 00:28:26,439 --> 00:28:28,007 There’s no puzzle. 514 00:28:28,607 --> 00:28:32,044 Come on. 515 00:28:33,312 --> 00:28:35,848 I need to speak to DCI Goswami. 516 00:28:38,984 --> 00:28:40,152 Alright. 517 00:28:40,553 --> 00:28:42,687 I’m going for a swim, followed by a sauna 518 00:28:42,688 --> 00:28:44,123 and a massage. 519 00:28:44,390 --> 00:28:46,558 And I might even have a pedicure... 520 00:28:46,559 --> 00:28:48,027 and a glass of champagne... 521 00:28:48,928 --> 00:28:50,228 or three. 522 00:28:51,864 --> 00:28:54,099 Naomi... 523 00:28:54,100 --> 00:28:55,267 It’s me. 524 00:28:57,937 --> 00:29:00,939 Were you... were so jealous that you would... 525 00:29:00,940 --> 00:29:03,542 Of course not. It was accidental. 526 00:29:04,176 --> 00:29:07,179 Finlay! Finlay! 527 00:29:09,582 --> 00:29:11,016 Accidental? 528 00:29:11,350 --> 00:29:13,685 How can cyanide be accidental? 529 00:29:13,686 --> 00:29:14,719 Dr. Ascherson. 530 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:16,655 What are the police doing about it? 531 00:29:17,256 --> 00:29:19,724 I see, thank you. 532 00:29:24,897 --> 00:29:27,465 The police believe there was uncooked cassava 533 00:29:27,466 --> 00:29:29,101 in your husband’s salad. 534 00:29:29,835 --> 00:29:30,970 Cassava? 535 00:29:31,337 --> 00:29:32,738 Hence the cyanide. 536 00:29:35,274 --> 00:29:38,710 Well, I’m gonna sue... and get this place shut down. 537 00:29:38,711 --> 00:29:40,512 He’s, he’s so careless. 538 00:29:40,513 --> 00:29:41,713 Well, he did get our booking wrong. 539 00:29:41,714 --> 00:29:43,114 When he offered me a free dinner, 540 00:29:43,115 --> 00:29:44,816 all my instincts were telling me to say no, 541 00:29:44,817 --> 00:29:46,818 he’s careless, his staff are careless, 542 00:29:46,819 --> 00:29:48,586 and then someone... 543 00:29:48,587 --> 00:29:49,788 sorry... 544 00:29:50,322 --> 00:29:52,057 someone dies. 545 00:30:37,369 --> 00:30:38,503 Professor! 546 00:30:38,504 --> 00:30:39,571 DCI Goswami, 547 00:30:39,572 --> 00:30:40,772 I have been looking at 548 00:30:40,773 --> 00:30:43,475 Mr. Clive Bairstow’s autopsy report. 549 00:30:44,076 --> 00:30:46,811 On page eight, mentioned almost in passing... 550 00:30:46,812 --> 00:30:48,980 A fragment of vegetative matter, 551 00:30:48,981 --> 00:30:50,748 insufficient to cause blockage, 552 00:30:50,749 --> 00:30:52,917 was removed from the esophagus. 553 00:30:52,918 --> 00:30:54,720 I do read these things, you know. 554 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:57,156 I did not wish to imply otherwise. 555 00:30:57,790 --> 00:31:00,325 Yeah, when we found out Kit Howard’s cause of death, 556 00:31:00,326 --> 00:31:02,126 I asked for some more details, 557 00:31:02,127 --> 00:31:05,530 and the vegetative matter in Clive Bairstow’s throat 558 00:31:05,531 --> 00:31:08,233 was also cassava. 559 00:31:09,735 --> 00:31:12,003 Odd choice of holiday reading, Professor, 560 00:31:12,004 --> 00:31:14,573 Clive Bairstow’s autopsy, mm? 561 00:31:15,207 --> 00:31:17,409 Goodbye. 562 00:31:17,676 --> 00:31:19,111 Come in. 563 00:31:19,411 --> 00:31:20,645 - Ma’am? - Yes? 564 00:31:20,646 --> 00:31:22,614 Is Julian Morten fit to be interviewed? 565 00:31:22,615 --> 00:31:25,184 He’s still in hospital. Why? What have you got? 566 00:31:27,319 --> 00:31:29,520 So, Morten’s last job 567 00:31:29,521 --> 00:31:31,389 was at the Crosslands Manor Hotel 568 00:31:31,390 --> 00:31:32,624 in Mayfair. - Mm-hmm. 569 00:31:32,625 --> 00:31:33,758 Two years ago, they had an outbreak 570 00:31:33,759 --> 00:31:35,493 of food poisoning. 571 00:31:35,494 --> 00:31:36,527 And was he charged? 572 00:31:36,528 --> 00:31:38,963 No, but what I’m thinking is that 573 00:31:38,964 --> 00:31:42,101 Finaly Crawford would’ve known about the Crosslands incident. 574 00:31:42,301 --> 00:31:43,902 Mm, possibly. 575 00:31:45,537 --> 00:31:46,905 Okay. 576 00:31:47,473 --> 00:31:50,508 Let’s just say I’m Finlay Crawford 577 00:31:50,509 --> 00:31:53,312 and in a fit of jealousy, 578 00:31:53,612 --> 00:31:55,446 I wanna kill Kit Howard, 579 00:31:55,447 --> 00:31:56,614 how am I gonna do that? 580 00:31:56,615 --> 00:31:59,384 Oh, I know, I will invite Kit and Naomi 581 00:31:59,385 --> 00:32:00,885 to the hotel for dinner, 582 00:32:00,886 --> 00:32:04,922 I’ll poison him and then, because of Julian’s history, 583 00:32:04,923 --> 00:32:07,625 he’s gonna get blamed for it, and I’ll be in the clear. 584 00:32:12,331 --> 00:32:13,998 I’ll contact the hospital. 585 00:32:15,834 --> 00:32:17,169 Thank you, Ma’am. 586 00:32:21,573 --> 00:32:24,209 So are you telling me that the stroke victim 587 00:32:24,810 --> 00:32:26,711 had also eaten cassava? 588 00:32:26,712 --> 00:32:28,380 - Exactly. - Thanks. 589 00:32:28,947 --> 00:32:30,381 Well, doesn’t that just mean there was 590 00:32:30,382 --> 00:32:32,217 a mistake in the kitchen? 591 00:32:32,818 --> 00:32:35,053 Someone, you know, put something in the wrong container 592 00:32:35,054 --> 00:32:37,856 and, tragically, it caused two deaths? 593 00:32:38,324 --> 00:32:39,490 Mm. 594 00:32:39,491 --> 00:32:42,160 - What? - You are, of course, aware 595 00:32:42,161 --> 00:32:45,296 that a disproportionate number of poisoners are women 596 00:32:45,297 --> 00:32:47,799 and, of those, a significant fraction 597 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:49,300 work in the medical profession. 598 00:32:51,070 --> 00:32:53,304 Jasper, don’t you think that the shock 599 00:32:53,305 --> 00:32:55,908 of seeing somebody die at our table 600 00:32:56,175 --> 00:32:57,876 might be skewing your judgment? 601 00:32:58,210 --> 00:32:59,244 Mm? 602 00:32:59,712 --> 00:33:01,980 Where’s that compatibility checklist? 603 00:33:02,247 --> 00:33:03,715 So, we ticked honesty, 604 00:33:03,716 --> 00:33:05,616 we’ve ticked, uh, effective communication... 605 00:33:05,617 --> 00:33:08,953 Uh, very well. The notion that I may have been unable 606 00:33:08,954 --> 00:33:13,992 to prevent a homicide in plain sight, um, 607 00:33:15,361 --> 00:33:17,695 yes, I can see that, um, that could, 608 00:33:17,696 --> 00:33:21,266 um, could be exerting some... 609 00:33:21,700 --> 00:33:23,769 vague influence. 610 00:33:26,338 --> 00:33:27,740 Come on. 611 00:33:28,273 --> 00:33:30,309 Two days on the Devon coast, 612 00:33:31,443 --> 00:33:32,745 this will wait. 613 00:33:33,312 --> 00:33:34,479 Will it, though? 614 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:36,714 What if DCI Goswami 615 00:33:36,715 --> 00:33:37,982 charges the wrong person? 616 00:33:37,983 --> 00:33:39,016 Well, she won’t. 617 00:33:39,017 --> 00:33:41,053 Because it’s an accidental death. 618 00:33:41,954 --> 00:33:44,923 Jasper, you promised. 619 00:33:49,294 --> 00:33:51,497 It is not an accidental death. 620 00:34:03,175 --> 00:34:04,442 Okay. 621 00:34:04,443 --> 00:34:05,576 Mm. 622 00:34:05,577 --> 00:34:07,179 Yeah, I’ll see you, 623 00:34:07,546 --> 00:34:08,981 assuming you want to, 624 00:34:09,314 --> 00:34:11,282 back in Cambridge. - What? 625 00:34:13,285 --> 00:34:14,686 Helena. 626 00:34:21,226 --> 00:34:23,295 Room 12, checking out. 627 00:34:23,495 --> 00:34:25,898 Oh, um, was everything okay? 628 00:34:26,165 --> 00:34:27,833 Yes, it, it was fine. 629 00:34:31,737 --> 00:34:34,072 Sorry, I can’t find my key. 630 00:34:42,347 --> 00:34:44,015 Dear God! 631 00:34:44,016 --> 00:34:47,753 They’re trick candles! 632 00:34:50,689 --> 00:34:53,357 I wonder if you could tell me what room 633 00:34:53,358 --> 00:34:55,426 Simon and Paula Mulderson are in? 634 00:34:55,427 --> 00:34:56,661 Oh, they checked out. 635 00:34:56,662 --> 00:34:58,630 Oh, alright. 636 00:35:05,003 --> 00:35:07,038 Oh, he’s forgotten his lucky hat. 637 00:35:07,039 --> 00:35:08,072 Left it on the bedpost. 638 00:35:08,073 --> 00:35:09,941 Last time it was me, do you remember? 639 00:35:09,942 --> 00:35:12,109 I came back for my glasses. - They were on her head. 640 00:35:12,110 --> 00:35:15,147 The whole time on my head. 641 00:35:15,647 --> 00:35:18,516 Excuse me, I, um, I know this might sound a bit odd 642 00:35:18,517 --> 00:35:20,751 but I need a favor. 643 00:35:20,752 --> 00:35:21,720 A favor? 644 00:35:22,187 --> 00:35:24,923 You’re right, it does sound rather odd. 645 00:35:25,123 --> 00:35:28,359 You know, to respect the tranquility of the spa, 646 00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:31,096 my husband and I... - As Christians. 647 00:35:31,296 --> 00:35:32,564 We turn the other cheek. 648 00:35:32,965 --> 00:35:35,833 But it has to be said, your partner... 649 00:35:35,834 --> 00:35:40,439 Probably the rudest man we’ve ever met. 650 00:35:40,706 --> 00:35:42,774 How on earth do you put up with him? 651 00:35:44,243 --> 00:35:47,512 That’s what I’m trying to find out. 652 00:36:07,366 --> 00:36:08,766 Helena? 653 00:36:08,767 --> 00:36:09,735 Look... 654 00:36:10,302 --> 00:36:13,371 Jasper I...I’m doing my best. 655 00:36:13,372 --> 00:36:16,808 But I do need you to meet me half way. 656 00:36:17,276 --> 00:36:18,610 Helena... 657 00:36:19,177 --> 00:36:21,547 I too am doing my best. 658 00:36:26,852 --> 00:36:28,654 I’ve got something to show you. 659 00:36:29,454 --> 00:36:31,489 The Muldersons sent me a video, 660 00:36:31,490 --> 00:36:35,494 which might prove that you’re right, I don’t know. 661 00:36:36,662 --> 00:36:38,229 Have a look at this. 662 00:36:44,536 --> 00:36:45,671 What? 663 00:36:46,939 --> 00:36:48,472 Surprise. 664 00:36:48,473 --> 00:36:49,942 Prof T: Any moment now. 665 00:36:51,510 --> 00:36:52,811 Pause. 666 00:36:53,712 --> 00:36:55,112 DI Goswami: What am I supposed to be seeing? 667 00:36:55,113 --> 00:36:56,181 Zoom in. 668 00:36:59,551 --> 00:37:00,652 There. 669 00:37:01,987 --> 00:37:04,288 You think she’s putting raw cassava onto her... 670 00:37:04,289 --> 00:37:05,657 onto her husband’s plate? 671 00:37:05,958 --> 00:37:08,993 Well, she’ll just say she was stealing food, 672 00:37:08,994 --> 00:37:11,162 we’ve all done that, haven't we? 673 00:37:11,163 --> 00:37:12,230 No. 674 00:37:12,898 --> 00:37:13,999 I have. 675 00:37:14,199 --> 00:37:16,201 Well, maybe it’s a woman thing. 676 00:37:16,401 --> 00:37:18,069 More poisoners evade prosecution 677 00:37:18,070 --> 00:37:20,105 than any other category of killer. 678 00:37:20,372 --> 00:37:22,440 What we need to ask ourselves is... 679 00:37:22,441 --> 00:37:25,978 what did Naomi Ascherson gain from her husband’s death? 680 00:37:27,279 --> 00:37:28,813 Could be financial. 681 00:37:28,814 --> 00:37:30,948 Judging from the micro expressions I observed 682 00:37:30,949 --> 00:37:32,750 while sharing a table with Dr. Ascherson, 683 00:37:32,751 --> 00:37:35,621 financial concerns are extremely important to her. 684 00:37:35,821 --> 00:37:37,755 The failure of Kit Howard’s business 685 00:37:37,756 --> 00:37:39,123 was a clear source of pain. 686 00:37:39,124 --> 00:37:42,026 Mm, he filed for bankruptcy about three months ago. 687 00:37:42,027 --> 00:37:45,262 Also, Finlay Crawford told us that Naomi left him 688 00:37:45,263 --> 00:37:46,497 when the hotel was failing. 689 00:37:46,498 --> 00:37:47,966 Mm, took Charlie. 690 00:37:48,967 --> 00:37:51,536 Uh, Charlie was their dog, he... 691 00:37:52,304 --> 00:37:54,005 hit by a car, died. - Mm. 692 00:37:54,006 --> 00:37:56,941 Hang on, Naomi Ascherson is a very successful woman 693 00:37:56,942 --> 00:37:58,743 with a career most would envy. 694 00:37:58,744 --> 00:38:00,778 Why would it matter so much to her 695 00:38:00,779 --> 00:38:02,848 if her husband’s business went under? 696 00:38:03,815 --> 00:38:05,817 Let us suppose for a moment 697 00:38:06,018 --> 00:38:07,818 that she is the living embodiment 698 00:38:07,819 --> 00:38:10,322 of relative deprivation syndrome. 699 00:38:10,922 --> 00:38:12,790 In the presence of other successful people, 700 00:38:12,791 --> 00:38:15,661 her own prosperity evaporates. 701 00:38:16,161 --> 00:38:17,628 She therefore chooses husbands 702 00:38:17,629 --> 00:38:19,296 on the basis of their achievements, 703 00:38:19,297 --> 00:38:21,900 their successes are her successes, 704 00:38:22,134 --> 00:38:28,073 their failures create deep, painful, psychic wounds. 705 00:38:30,275 --> 00:38:32,376 Is that plausible? 706 00:38:32,377 --> 00:38:34,078 As a theory, maybe. 707 00:38:34,079 --> 00:38:37,248 But there is one flaw, the old guy who died... 708 00:38:37,249 --> 00:38:38,716 Uh, Clive Bairstow. 709 00:38:38,717 --> 00:38:41,186 Clive, he also swallowed cassava. 710 00:38:41,620 --> 00:38:43,320 Are we saying that Naomi Ascherson 711 00:38:43,321 --> 00:38:44,689 made her way into the kitchen 712 00:38:44,690 --> 00:38:46,324 without anybody seeing her 713 00:38:46,892 --> 00:38:49,160 and added it to the salad mix? 714 00:38:49,161 --> 00:38:50,127 Prof T: No. 715 00:38:50,128 --> 00:38:52,463 That would leave too much to chance. 716 00:38:52,464 --> 00:38:54,398 As of now, I can only offer conjecture, 717 00:38:54,399 --> 00:38:55,701 but what I will say, 718 00:38:55,967 --> 00:38:59,603 if you interview her, Dr. Ascherson will, 719 00:38:59,604 --> 00:39:03,575 at some point, refer to the death of Clive Bairstow. 720 00:39:16,888 --> 00:39:18,489 If the professor’s right, 721 00:39:18,490 --> 00:39:19,690 even with the film and everything, 722 00:39:19,691 --> 00:39:21,092 how do we prove the doctor did it? 723 00:39:21,093 --> 00:39:23,260 Well, we’d need to link her to the cassava. 724 00:39:23,261 --> 00:39:24,395 Right. 725 00:39:25,731 --> 00:39:27,532 But then how she got it has she... 726 00:39:27,733 --> 00:39:28,699 has she ordered it online? 727 00:39:28,700 --> 00:39:30,201 Has she gone to a market? 728 00:39:32,637 --> 00:39:33,972 Has she grown it? 729 00:39:38,744 --> 00:39:40,311 Yeah, let’s try round the back. 730 00:39:40,312 --> 00:39:41,179 Yeah. 731 00:39:52,624 --> 00:39:54,126 Could be a cassava patch? 732 00:39:56,661 --> 00:39:57,929 Sorry. 733 00:39:59,097 --> 00:40:00,197 I didn’t hear you. 734 00:40:00,198 --> 00:40:01,198 Dr. Ascherson, we need you 735 00:40:01,199 --> 00:40:02,366 to come with us. 736 00:40:02,367 --> 00:40:04,535 We’d like you to answer some questions. 737 00:40:04,536 --> 00:40:05,669 About what? 738 00:40:05,670 --> 00:40:07,839 In connection with your husband’s death. 739 00:40:09,407 --> 00:40:11,676 - And if I refuse? - You’ll be arrested. 740 00:40:13,011 --> 00:40:14,146 Unbelievable. 741 00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:16,981 Once I’ve sued the hotel for negligence, 742 00:40:16,982 --> 00:40:19,317 I’ll sue you for wrongful arrest. 743 00:40:19,551 --> 00:40:20,852 And that patch... 744 00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:22,687 that’s my dog. 745 00:40:23,622 --> 00:40:25,023 Why don’t you dig him up? 746 00:40:25,624 --> 00:40:27,192 Have a good root around. 747 00:40:31,897 --> 00:40:35,700 So, three months ago, Kit Howard filed for bankruptcy 748 00:40:36,034 --> 00:40:38,702 and two days before that there was a substantial increase 749 00:40:38,703 --> 00:40:40,438 in his life insurance. 750 00:40:41,139 --> 00:40:44,675 Well, he... was under a lot of stress and, 751 00:40:44,676 --> 00:40:47,112 as you know, he had a heart condition. 752 00:40:49,848 --> 00:40:51,515 Are you saying this was my motive? 753 00:40:51,516 --> 00:40:52,651 Is it? 754 00:40:53,285 --> 00:40:54,519 Seriously? 755 00:40:56,688 --> 00:40:57,923 I’m a doctor. 756 00:40:58,690 --> 00:41:00,291 My salary is adequate, 757 00:41:00,292 --> 00:41:01,792 I have savings, the mortgage is paid 758 00:41:01,793 --> 00:41:05,664 and, tiny detail, I happen to love my husband. 759 00:41:06,665 --> 00:41:08,866 Okay. And, for the record, 760 00:41:08,867 --> 00:41:11,468 we are now showing Dr. Ascherson footage 761 00:41:11,469 --> 00:41:13,605 from the evening of Kit Howard’s death. 762 00:41:29,654 --> 00:41:30,888 You are clearly putting something 763 00:41:30,889 --> 00:41:33,658 onto your husband’s plate. 764 00:41:35,493 --> 00:41:36,862 Kit would’ve loved this. 765 00:41:37,896 --> 00:41:41,066 I am stealing a slice of radish. 766 00:41:42,300 --> 00:41:44,369 Kit hated radishes. 767 00:41:44,970 --> 00:41:47,671 My husband was unlawfully killed, 768 00:41:47,672 --> 00:41:51,309 someone in that kitchen made a terrible mistake. 769 00:41:51,843 --> 00:41:53,410 Y...your consultant, um... 770 00:41:53,411 --> 00:41:54,478 - Professor Tempest. - Uh... 771 00:41:54,479 --> 00:41:57,948 he said that staff negligence 772 00:41:57,949 --> 00:42:01,318 allowed raw cassava to get into the side salad 773 00:42:01,319 --> 00:42:04,655 and I don’t think it was just Kit who was affected. 774 00:42:06,858 --> 00:42:07,892 Meaning what? 775 00:42:07,893 --> 00:42:09,360 Well, the previous night, uh, 776 00:42:09,361 --> 00:42:12,096 an elderly man died from a stroke. 777 00:42:12,097 --> 00:42:13,297 Clive Bairstow. 778 00:42:13,298 --> 00:42:15,132 Was it triggered by cassava? 779 00:42:15,133 --> 00:42:17,769 Do you know? Have you tried to find out? 780 00:42:22,908 --> 00:42:25,876 How did you know that she was gonna mention Clive Bairstow? 781 00:42:25,877 --> 00:42:28,246 Because that is Dr. Ascherson’s alibi. 782 00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:31,115 If Clive Bairstow swallowed cassava, 783 00:42:31,116 --> 00:42:33,617 that would seem to take her out of the equation, 784 00:42:33,618 --> 00:42:35,453 focus attention on the kitchen. 785 00:42:36,421 --> 00:42:38,023 No one outside this room 786 00:42:38,223 --> 00:42:40,324 knew that Clive Bairstow had a sliver of cassava 787 00:42:40,325 --> 00:42:41,726 in his esophagus, 788 00:42:42,227 --> 00:42:44,062 no one apart from Dr. Ascherson 789 00:42:44,896 --> 00:42:46,097 and she knew... 790 00:42:46,464 --> 00:42:47,899 because she put it there. 791 00:42:48,500 --> 00:42:49,900 She put it there? 792 00:42:49,901 --> 00:42:51,168 What is the first thing a doctor does 793 00:42:51,169 --> 00:42:53,938 when presented with someone who is a non-responsive? 794 00:42:53,939 --> 00:42:55,874 - Checks the airways. - Exactly. 795 00:42:56,574 --> 00:42:59,343 I’ve never seen a suspect who’s confident as Dr. Ascherson. 796 00:42:59,344 --> 00:43:02,513 Mm, in the mind of the poisoner, they’re merely setting a trap, 797 00:43:02,514 --> 00:43:04,416 it is the victim who spring it. 798 00:43:04,849 --> 00:43:07,953 This, uh, logic mitigates guilt. 799 00:43:08,687 --> 00:43:11,489 What you’re describing, that is some plan. 800 00:43:11,856 --> 00:43:16,126 Dr. Ascherson undoubtedly gamed a number of scenarios 801 00:43:16,127 --> 00:43:19,898 wherein the life of her husband could be expunged, but... 802 00:43:20,231 --> 00:43:24,802 this opportunity proved too exquisite to resist. 803 00:43:24,803 --> 00:43:27,472 Use a natural death as a cover for murder, 804 00:43:27,973 --> 00:43:31,141 kill one husband while suing her former spouse 805 00:43:31,142 --> 00:43:32,544 for his demise. 806 00:43:33,912 --> 00:43:34,879 Perfect. 807 00:43:36,915 --> 00:43:38,682 DI Goswami: Well, speak to the search team, 808 00:43:38,683 --> 00:43:40,250 see what they can uncover. 809 00:44:07,379 --> 00:44:08,613 Professor? 810 00:44:10,949 --> 00:44:13,752 I think someone has made an absurd mistake. 811 00:44:14,652 --> 00:44:16,320 Someone just informed me 812 00:44:16,321 --> 00:44:17,588 that my mother was taken ill 813 00:44:17,589 --> 00:44:19,124 on her flight from New York, 814 00:44:19,357 --> 00:44:20,925 uh, rushed to St. Hugo’s. 815 00:44:22,527 --> 00:44:24,896 She has never had a day’s illness in her life. 816 00:44:25,964 --> 00:44:28,332 She has just circumnavigated the globe. 817 00:45:00,565 --> 00:45:01,965 So, how is she? 818 00:45:01,966 --> 00:45:02,867 Fast asleep. 819 00:45:03,068 --> 00:45:07,071 Um, they’ve ruled out anemia and dehydration. 820 00:45:07,072 --> 00:45:08,106 Oh good. 821 00:45:12,544 --> 00:45:14,446 Pfft, God, hospitals. 822 00:45:29,594 --> 00:45:31,496 It is DS Winters. Mm. 823 00:45:33,898 --> 00:45:37,067 Tempest. 824 00:45:37,068 --> 00:45:39,703 I’m at Dr. Ascherson’s with the search team. 825 00:45:39,704 --> 00:45:42,140 There’s no traces of cassava so far. 826 00:45:42,474 --> 00:45:44,842 We’ve had to call it off. - DS Winters? 827 00:45:44,843 --> 00:45:46,978 Uh, her lawyer’s got an injunction. 828 00:45:47,345 --> 00:45:48,446 Hang on. 829 00:45:51,316 --> 00:45:52,951 Oh, gross. 830 00:45:53,451 --> 00:45:55,219 The search team accidentally unearthed 831 00:45:55,220 --> 00:45:56,420 her dead dog. 832 00:46:00,291 --> 00:46:01,559 Professor? 833 00:46:02,594 --> 00:46:04,194 If it was unearthed prior to the injunction, 834 00:46:04,195 --> 00:46:07,231 it is admissible evidence and should be examined. 835 00:46:07,232 --> 00:46:08,732 Why? Why would it be evidence? 836 00:46:08,733 --> 00:46:10,734 Uh, Dr. Ascherson is not a serial killer, 837 00:46:10,735 --> 00:46:12,670 how did she know that the poison would work? 838 00:46:13,071 --> 00:46:15,038 She tested the method on her dog. 839 00:46:15,039 --> 00:46:17,774 No, her dog got hit by a car, Finlay Crawford told us. 840 00:46:17,775 --> 00:46:21,179 And where did Finlay Crawford obtain that information? 841 00:46:26,851 --> 00:46:27,919 Dr. Ascherson, 842 00:46:28,286 --> 00:46:30,587 how do you explain the fact that you were in contact 843 00:46:30,588 --> 00:46:34,391 with two people over the same 24-hour period, 844 00:46:34,392 --> 00:46:37,162 Clive Bairstow and your husband, Kit, 845 00:46:37,428 --> 00:46:40,832 when they both had cassava in their systems? 846 00:46:42,100 --> 00:46:46,004 Do I really have to go over this again? 847 00:46:46,771 --> 00:46:49,774 Ha... have you even charged anyone at the hotel? 848 00:46:51,176 --> 00:46:54,211 Are you suggesting someone working at the hotel 849 00:46:54,212 --> 00:46:55,980 fed cassava to your dog? 850 00:46:58,550 --> 00:47:00,584 DI Goswami: An autopsy found traces of cassava 851 00:47:00,585 --> 00:47:02,453 in your dog’s stomach. 852 00:47:03,621 --> 00:47:05,489 That’s two men and a dog, 853 00:47:05,490 --> 00:47:07,892 and no one else had contact with all three. 854 00:47:09,661 --> 00:47:11,495 You’re the common denominator. 855 00:47:18,169 --> 00:47:19,269 Naomi Ascherson, 856 00:47:19,270 --> 00:47:21,705 you’re charged with the murder of Kit Howard. 857 00:47:21,706 --> 00:47:24,675 You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defense 858 00:47:24,676 --> 00:47:26,476 if you fail to mention, when questioned, 859 00:47:26,477 --> 00:47:28,646 something which you later rely on in court. 860 00:48:34,479 --> 00:48:37,315 Hi, you probably don’t remember me. 861 00:48:37,548 --> 00:48:39,083 Brass band man. 862 00:48:39,384 --> 00:48:40,952 I didn’t think you were gonna call. 863 00:48:41,252 --> 00:48:45,456 Um, I...I thought I might take you up on your offer 864 00:48:46,024 --> 00:48:47,525 to buy me a drink. 865 00:48:49,394 --> 00:48:50,494 Yeah, I’d like that. 866 00:48:53,131 --> 00:48:54,432 Okay, um... 867 00:48:55,066 --> 00:48:56,834 what about Tuesday? 868 00:48:58,236 --> 00:48:59,202 Sounds good. 869 00:48:59,203 --> 00:49:01,071 Nice, I’ll, um, I’ll send you a text. 870 00:49:01,072 --> 00:49:02,573 Yeah. 871 00:49:03,207 --> 00:49:04,341 See you then. 872 00:49:04,342 --> 00:49:06,444 Great.